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9 May 2020 3 minute read 8 comments ramonoropeza
We are all going through a difficult time. Without a doubt, humanity was not prepared for an event like this. It is common for tempers to drop, for us to feel sad and depressed. However, it is not a time to fail, but to flourish. To grow and learn. Y...
1 May 2020 3 minute read 6 comments ramonoropeza
Today, browsing the internet a bit, I have found a series of testimonies of how 2016 was the worst year for many Venezuelans. They are heartbreaking testimonies and with which I feel very identified. That year I had to stop studying to start working...
30 Apr 2020 3 minute read 2 comments ramonoropeza
We are in the year 2000 and my mother works at the Compañía Anónima Nacional Telefonos de Venezuela (CANTV for its Spanish acronym). She works as a telecommunications technician at that company. She has been during its privatization and nationalizati...
24 Apr 2020 1 minute read 1 comment Abhimanyu Krishnan
A startup in Colombia, Valiu, has launched a new synthetic asset to help Venezuelan citizens combat hyperinflation. Valiu Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Simon Chamorro revealed the plans for the asset, called ‘cryptodollar’ in a tweet on April 23, whi...
17 Apr 2020 1 minute read 1 comment ramonoropeza
Today, April 16, I accompanied a friend to buy food. She spent the last money she had left: $ 15 USD. As we walked back home, we encountered different situations that make it evident that "We are not in the same boat, but we are in the same sea, some...
11 Apr 2020 1 minute read 2 comments ramonoropeza
April 11, 2020. Today I had to walk 20 km to find a bag with 7kg of food that a distant aunt sent to my mother and me. So we can survive a few more days with food. On the way, I must go with my mouth covered and if not, I can be fined or detained. Ap...
3 Apr 2020 1 minute read 0 comments AverageVancouverite
Venezuelan navy patrol boat "Naiguata" sank shortly after ramming the Portuguese-flagged RCGS Resolute cruise ship operated by the Columbia Cruise Services near La Tortuga island. The collision left the cruise ship, which was purpose-built for polar...
30 Mar 2020 3 minute read 9 comments ramonoropeza
We are in a time of anger. Of uncertainty. Anxious and locked up. Many do not think about the future out of fear. But his coming is inevitable. This writing is nothing more than proven advice in my experience in constantly surviving the ravages of th...
19 Mar 2020 3 minute read 3 comments ramonoropeza
I wrote and published this article for the first time on Honest.Cash on August 31, 2019. At that time I had many mixed feelings. Not only was the situation in the country, my family was also going through a terrible moment: my grandfather was dying i...
18 Mar 2020 3 minute read 0 comments Juan Molina
Image Source The Venezuelan Government's economy is fully supported by the foreign currency obtained from the export of oil. Non-oil exports represent a minimum percentage which does not finance any government action regarding social investment or...
